New Metal Albums January 2026 – Preview of Upcoming Metal releases January 2026

Preview of upcoming Metal releases, coming out in January 2026! Sorted by genres!

And yes there are hundreds of other great releases also coming out in January, so don’t forget to follow more comprehensive weekly release videos!

Thrash Metal
Deathraiser	Forged in Hatred	Full-length	Thrash Metal	Brazil	January 22nd, 2026	Xtreem Music
Furi Helium	No Altar Stands Eternal	Full-length	Thrash Metal	Spain	January 22nd, 2026	Independent
Hellmaze	Dead Flesh Rising	Full-length	Thrash/Groove Metal	Denmark	January 30th, 2026	Independent
Kreator	Krushers of the World	Full-length	Thrash Metal	Germany	January 16th, 2026	Nuclear Blast Records
Krushor	Taste of Hatred	EP	Thrash Metal	Finland	January 9th, 2026	Independent
Megadeth	Megadeth	Full-length	Thrash Metal	US	January 23rd, 2026	BLKIIBLK Records
Shadowmass	Wastelands	Full-length	Thrash/Speed Metal	Greece	January 19th, 2026	Floga Records
Total Annihilation	Mountains of Madness	Full-length	Thrash/Death Metal	Switzerland	January 16th, 2026	Testimony Records
Wildhunt	Aletheia	Full-length	Thrash Metal	Austria	January 2nd, 2026	Jawbreaker Records
Wolfenstein	Death Brigade	Full-length	Thrash Metal	US	January 31st, 2026	CDN Records
Death Metal
Architectural Genocide	Malignant Cognition	Full-length	Brutal Death Metal	US	January 16th, 2026	Comatose Music
Bound to Prevail	Enthroned in Torment	Full-length	Death Metal	Malta	January 7th, 2026	Lethal Scissor Records
Ectovoid	In Unreality’s Coffin	Full-length	Death Metal	US	January 9th, 2026	Everlasting Spew Records
Funeral Home	Your Funeral	Full-length	Melodic Death Metal	Finland	January 16th, 2026	Inverse Records
Genus Ordinis Dei	The Land East of Eden	Full-length	Symphonic Death/Groove Metal/Metalcore	Italy	January 16th, 2026	Eclipse Records
Invictus	Nocturnal Visions	Full-length	Death Metal	Japan	January 26th, 2026	Me Saco un Ojo Records
Nightmarer	Hell Interface	EP	Avant-garde/Technical Death Metal	US	January 30th, 2026	Total Dissonance Worship
Skulld	Abyss Call to Abyss	Full-length	Death Metal/Hardcore	Italy	January 30th, 2026	Time to Kill Records
South of Hell	Hellfernum	Full-length	Death Metal	France	January 31st, 2026	Great Dane Records
Stabbing	Eon of Obscenity	Full-length	Brutal Death Metal	US	January 30th, 2026	Century Media Records
Heavy Metal
Alter Bridge	Alter Bridge	Full-length	Heavy/Alternative Metal/Hard Rock	US	January 9th, 2026	Napalm Records
Bullet	Kickstarter	Full-length	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock	Sweden	January 9th, 2026	Steamhammer
Fortress	Death Is Your Master	Full-length	Heavy Metal	US	January 30th, 2026	High Roller Records
Helix	Scrap Metal	Full-length	Hard Rock/Heavy Metal	Canada	January 23rd, 2026	Perris Records
Hellrazer	Serve the Machine	Full-length	Heavy Metal	Canada	January 22nd, 2026	Independent
Hyperion	Cybergenesis	Full-length	Heavy Metal	Italy	January 15th, 2026	Fighter Records
Syrion	Symphony of Horror	EP	Heavy/Speed Metal	Belgium	January 23rd, 2026	Dying Victims Productions
Templar	Conquering Swords	Full-length	Heavy Metal	Sweden	January 27th, 2026	Jawbreaker Records
Venger	Times of Legend	Full-length	Heavy Metal	International	January 9th, 2026	Silver Lining Music
Vanishment	And Now We Die	Full-length	Heavy/Thrash Metal	US	January 23rd, 2026	M-Theory Audio
Black Metal
Asaru	V.O.I.D.	Full-length	Black Metal	Germany	January 26th, 2026	Schwarzdorn Production
Dawnbreaker	Pactum Sanguine Novo	Full-length	Symphonic Black/Death Metal	US	January 2nd, 2026	Vision of God Records
Ellende	Zerfall	Full-length	Post Black Metal	Austria	January 2nd, 2026	AOP Records
Fuath	III	Full-length	Atmospheric Black Metal	UK	January 12th, 2026	Northern Silence Productions
Gorrch	Stillamentum	Full-length	Black Metal	Italy	January 30th, 2026	Avantgarde Music
Moon Wisdom	Let Water Flow	Full-length	Black Metal	Italy	January 16th, 2026	Hypnotic Dirge Records
Møl	Dreamcrush	Full-length	Post-Black Metal/Shoegaze	Denmark	January 30th, 2026	Nuclear Blast Records
Sidious	Malefic Necropolis	Full-length	Black Metal	UK	January 30th, 2026	Immortal Frost Productions
Staghelm	Natura Semper Praevalet	Full-length	Atmospheric Black Metal	UK	January 1st, 2026	Naturmacht Productions
The Ruins of Beverast	Tempelschlaf	Full-length	Atmospheric Black/Doom Metal	Germany	January 9th, 2026	Ván Records
Doom & Stoner Metal
Blackwater Holylight	Not Here Not Gone	Full-length	Doom Metal/Psychedelic Rock	US	January 30th, 2026	Suicide Squeeze Records
Giant	Beneath the Mountains	Full-length	Stoner/Doom Metal	Australia	January 15th, 2026	Primitive Moth
Graves for Gods	Last Light Fades	Full-length	Doom/Death Metal	Australia	January 23rd, 2026	Meuse Music Records
Indica Blues	Universal Death Heat	Full-length	Psychedelic Doom Metal	UK	January 31st, 2026	Majestic Mountain Records
Lord Elephant	Ultra Soul	Full-length	Psychedelic Stoner/Doom Metal	Italy	January 30th, 2026	Heavy Psych Sounds Records
Marianas Rest	The Bereaved	Full-length	Melodic Doom/Death Metal	Finland	January 16th, 2026	Noble Demon
Slowrepeat	Aqua Haze	Full-length	Doom/Stoner Metal	Israel	January 23rd, 2026	Electric Desert Records
Smoke Rites	Eager Eyes of Talion	Full-length	Stoner/Doom Metal	Poland	January 6th, 2026	Independent
Urne	Setting Fire to the Sky	Full-length	Stoner/Sludge Metal/Metalcore	UK	January 30th, 2026	Spinefarm Record
Power & Symphonic Metal
Beyond the Black	Break the Silence	Full-length	Symphonic Metal/Rock	Germany	January 9th, 2026	Nuclear Blast Records
Coronatus	Dreadful Waters	Full-length	Symphonic/Folk Metal	Germany	January 23rd, 2026	Massacre Records
Death Dealer	Reign of Steel	Full-length	Power Metal	US	January 23rd, 2026	Massacre Records
Edenbridge	Set the Dark on Fire	Full-length	Symphonic Power Metal	Austria	January 16th, 2026	Steamhammer
Meterora	Dissonance	EP	Symphonic Metal	Hungary	January 23rd, 2026	H-Music
Nanowar of Steel	The Genghis Khan EP to End All Genghis Khan EPs	EP	Heavy/Power Metal/Hard Rock	Italy	January 7th, 2026	Napalm Records
Holy Dragons	Guardians of Time – Part I	Full-length	Heavy/Power Metal	Kazakhstan	January 16th, 2026	Pitch Black Records
Knights of Round	Against All Odds	Full-length	Power Metal	Japan	January 21st, 2026	Repentless Records
Valiant Sentinel	Neverealm	Full-length	Heavy/Power Metal	Greece	January 16th, 2026	Theogonia Records
Metalcore & Deathcore
Crystal Lake	The Weight of Sound	Full-length	Metalcore	Japan	January 26th, 2026	Century Media Records
Elwood Stray	Descending	Full-length	Metalcore	Germany	January 23rd, 2026	Out Of Line
Excruciating Vomitech	VOL 2	Full-length	Progressive Metal/Metalcore	Australia	January 30th, 2026	Independent
Fear of Domination	Katharsis	Full-length	Electronic/Melodic Groove Metal/Metalcore	Finland	January 9th, 2026	Inverse Records
I Promised The World	I Promised The World	EP	Metalcore/Post Hardcore	US	January 16th, 2026	Rise
Lionheart	Valley Of Death II	Full-length	Hardcore/Metalcore	US	January 9th, 2026	Arising Empire
Ov Sulfur	Endless	Full-length	Deathcore	US	January 16th, 2026	Century Media Records
Shields	Death & Connection	Full-length	Metalcore	UK	January 30th, 2026	Long Branch
The Mensis Ritual	Cainite	Full-length	Death Metal/Deathcore	UK	January 2nd, 2026	Independent